Where To Watch March Madness 2024 In New Hope-Lambertville

NEW HOPE, PA —Madness is about to descend on New Hope-Lambertville.

The NCAA’s 2024 March Madness gets underway this week with play-in games before the NCAA Tournament officially starts after the First Four make it into the annual college basketball event.

Many sports bars in and around New Hope-Lambertville will likely have the annual spectacle on their TVs.

Here are some popular options:

• Playhouse Deck Restaurant and Bar at Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S Main Street, New Hope 18938. Phone: 267-397-6866.
• Fran's Pub, 16 South Main Street, New Hope 18938. Phone: 215-862-5539
• The Dugout at Lambertville Station, 11 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ.
• Square One Pub, 15 Market Place, New Hope. Phone: 215-862-2730.
• Havana, 105 South Main Street, New Hope. Phone: 215-862-5501.
• PJ Whelihan's, Cross Keys Place Shopping Center, 4379 West Swamp Road, Doylestown. Phone: 267-841-8788.

Here is the schedule for this year’s March Madness rounds.

• First Four: March 19-20
• First round: March 21-22
• Second round: March 23-24
• Sweet 16: March 28-29
• Elite Eight: March 30-31
• Final Four: Saturday, April 6 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
• NCAA championship game: Monday, April 8 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

This year, oddsmakers put the best odds to make the championship on No. 2 UConn, No. 1 Houston and No. 3 Purdue, with No. 6 Arizona and No. 5 Tennessee tied for the fourth best odds.

The Huskies were the favorites to take home the men’s national championship as of Wednesday, March 13, with a roughly 16 percent chance, according to the odds-aggregating website Oddschecker.com.

The Houston Cougars were given the second-highest chance to win the title at 13 percent, followed by about 12 percent for the Boilermakers and about 7 percent each for the Wildcats and Volunteers.

In the women’s bracket, Fanduel gives the best odds to win the championship this year to No. 1 South Carolina (32-0). Those oddsmakers gave the Gamecocks a roughly 53 percent chance to take home the title.

All eyes this year will be on the NCAA’s newly minted scoring record-holder, Caitlin Clark, and the No. 2 Iowa Hawkeyes (29-4). Oddsmakers gave both the Hawkeyes and No. 8 LSU (28-5) — with fellow superstar Angel Reese — the second-best odds to win it all at 14 percent. The No. 4 Stanford Cardinal team has the fourth-best odds at roughly 5 percent.